late summer / early fall reads

I bought this back in January in Oxford then read the first 30 pages immediately in a little lunch cafe on Oxford campus while eating a scone on a rainy day. I put it aside to finish the Shirley Jacskon bio I was in the middle of and didn't pick it back up until this August where I tore through it in my Hollywood AirBnB on a work trip. That's two for two Penelope Mortimer books that I have started, got distracted, re-picked up then loved even more for having read the beginning twice. 

Adam loves Patricia Lockwood and even before Priestdaddy made a splash this summer we had both books of her poetry in our apartment. He read this first and would be snickering in bed the whole way through so much that I would request certain passages be read aloud so I could see what all the fuss was about. I took it when he was finished. Many of the eccentricities of her father are not that far (despite his lack of ordination) from the eccentricities of my own.

Obviously downloaded this the day it came out because I couldn't wait to get to the bookstore. Teared-up on many a subway ride while reading. It was particuarly sob inducing to read the account and proposed policies of a potential president who actually cares about the quality of life of the citizens of the country she wants to lead. 

Another Shirley Jackson that was tricky to get into but then completely absorbing by the end. However, The Bird's Nest still remains my favorite of the collection so far.

I had Poser in my Amazon cart for months before ordering. I wanted to try and find it in a bookstore. I went to the Strand twice, Greenlight, even checked my preferred online retailer Books Depository. Eventually I gave in and ordered in from Amazon and read it in a matter of days. It also reignited my yoga practice. I am so sad Dederer only has two books and that I have already read both of them. Thankfully, she just created a twitter.

Emailed to me by my reps because as a hot book of the summer, I suppose they are wondering if there is a movie in it. Is there? I am not sure. It is a pretty meandering, thoughtful diary. Regardless of if it has film potential (and if I have the potential to make it into a film) it's a funny, absorbing read.